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323279445077Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Survived a Hellish Helicopter Ridehttp://newscult.com/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-survived-hellish-helicopter-ride/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:45:31 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213348A helicopter carrying Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and a member of their security detail experienced some frightening issues this past Thursday. The aircraft was traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York City when one of its engines failed, forcing the helicopter to return to Ronald Reagan National Airport. The couple was unharmed, and […]

A helicopter carrying Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and a member of their security detail experienced some frightening issues this past Thursday. The aircraft was traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York City when one of its engines failed, forcing the helicopter to return to Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The couple was unharmed, and hopped on a commercial flight to the New York metropolis instead. Further information about the helicopter in question or the reason for this visit remains unknown. As per usual, Twitter had mixed feelings on the matter. One user pointed out that we should not politicize the scary situation:

No one deserves to be through such a frightening situation. We need to set politics aside, when lives are in danger. I hope they are ok. https://t.co/eKEc83mOHY

Others were more concerned about the fact that Trump and Kushner were flying by helicopter from DC to NYC, which they deemed unnecessary:

Related questions: Do people actually travel from DC to NYC in a helicopter? And how much is it costing taxpayers to travel by helicopter along a corridor that has multiple trains and planes every hour of the day? https://t.co/h1fgtNbb8n

]]>213348Bumble is Being Sued by Tinder’s Parent Company Over Alleged Patent Infringementshttp://newscult.com/bumble-is-being-sued-by-tinders-parent-company-over-alleged-patent-infringements/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:30:54 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213279Match Group is one of the biggest presences in the dating services world, owning super popular properties such as Tinder, OkCupid, and Match.com. Their portfolio goes on, and they were apparently looking to get even bigger by acquiring Bumble. As per Recode, Match Group has been trying to buy Bumble for a while now, but now […]

Match Group is one of the biggest presences in the dating services world, owning super popular properties such as Tinder, OkCupid, and Match.com. Their portfolio goes on, and they were apparently looking to get even bigger by acquiring Bumble. As per Recode, Match Group has been trying to buy Bumble for a while now, but now they’ve taken a rather interesting turn in their strategy to acquire the dating service: suing them for patent infringement.

According to the lawsuit, Match Group claims that Bumble is infringing on a pair of patents, the first of which being “Matching Process System and Method,” which allows users to swipe through others and mutually select one another. The other is called “Display Screen or Portion Thereof With a Graphical User Interface of a Mobile Device,” which is described as an “ornamental aspect,” or little more than an aesthetic likeness. The lawsuit also indicates that Match Group has a problem with Bumble’s swiping feature (or basically the whole thing), as it allegedly violates Tinder’s trademarks.

A spokesperson from Match Group told Recode that the company has “invested significant resources and creative expertise in the development” into their services. They claim to only be looking out for their property rights, but this sounds more like a “If I can’t have you, nobody can” sort of deal to me.

]]>213279YAS! ‘Will and Grace’ Reboot Renewed for a Third Seasonhttp://newscult.com/yas-will-grace-reboot-renewed-third-season/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:20:31 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213313How amazing was it when we learned of the Will & Grace reboot? Yeah, fucking awesome. Well now, Vulture has confirmed that NBC renewed the Will & Grace reboot. The comedy will return for a third season consisting of 18 episodes in fall 2019. rewarding the sitcom with an 18-episode third season set to air in fall 2019. Meanwhile, […]

How amazing was it when we learned of the Will & Grace reboot? Yeah, fucking awesome.

Well now, Vulture has confirmed that NBC renewed the Will & Grace reboot. The comedy will return for a third season consisting of 18 episodes in fall 2019. rewarding the sitcom with an 18-episode third season set to air in fall 2019.

Meanwhile, the second season didn’t even air yet. An 18-episode season two will air in the fall of 2018.

]]>213313Blue Ivy Wore a Gold Wig and Bid $19,000 on Art … How was Your Weekend?http://newscult.com/blue-ivy-wore-gold-wig-bid-19000-art-weekend/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:15:09 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213310I don’t know how this makes me feel. On the one hand, I worship Blue Ivy, on the other, I think it should have been me as Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter. Anyway, Blue Ivi donned a beautiful gold wig and made her way over to her grandmother’s gala on Sunday night. Meanwhile I was eating […]

The Queen received the 2018 Waco Theater Humanitarian Award and got a personal “I love you” video message from Michelle Obama. And Blue? Well, during the live auction, Blue made a $19,000 bid on a painting of a young Sidney Poitier.

According to Vanity Fair, Blue was sadly outbid because Jay-Z jokingly grabbed her paddle from her before she could place a higher bid.

Don’t worry though. After she lost out on that, Blue made a winning $10,000 another piece of art.

]]>213310Chadwick Boseman and Cardi B are Headed Up ‘SNL’ Next Month so Set Your DVRhttp://newscult.com/chadwick-boseman-cardi-b-headed-snl-next-month-set-dvr/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:10:38 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213308She’s releasing her debut album and she may or may not be pregnant, but that doesn’t mean Cardi B is too busy to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Cardi B and Chadwick Boseman will Saturday Night Live’s musical guest and host, respectively on Saturday, April 7. I’ll be honest, I don’t know it […]

]]>213308Stephen Hawking Submitted His Final Paper 2 Weeks Before He Died and It Could be Game Changinghttp://newscult.com/stephen-hawking-submitted-final-paper-2-weeks-died-game-changing/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:00:52 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213304Last week, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76. As devastating as this loss was to … basically everyone in the world, thankfully Hawking left something quite remarkable behind. According to Business Insider UK Hawking co-authored and submitted a paper less than two weeks before his death. The paper reportedly has to […]

It was co-written by Thomas Hertog and supposedly explains the mathematical processes needed for a deep-space probe to collect evidence that alternate universes exist. Hertog is convinced that the paper is so revolutionary that had Hawking been alive after it’s review, it would have earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.

Hertog toldEuroNews they were trying to prove the existence of “multiverses.” Hertog says the work “shows that observations in our own universe can provide strong evidence for the existence of other universes.”

The paper also outlines the permanent darkness that inevitably take over our own universe.

]]>21330450 Million Facebook Users Had Private Data Stolen by a Trump-Affiliated Firmhttp://newscult.com/50-million-facebook-users-private-data-stolen-trump-affiliated-firm/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:45:29 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213297(AP)- Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data-analysis firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, over allegations that it held onto improperly obtained user data after telling Facebook it had deleted the information. The social network issued a blog post explaining its decision, although the tale is convoluted. Years ago, Facebook said, Cambridge Analytica received user […]

(AP)- Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data-analysis firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, over allegations that it held onto improperly obtained user data after telling Facebook it had deleted the information.

The social network issued a blog post explaining its decision, although the tale is convoluted. Years ago, Facebook said, Cambridge Analytica received user data from a Facebook app that purported to be a psychological research tool, though the firm wasn’t authorized to have that information. Roughly 270,000 people downloaded the app and shared their personal details with it, Facebook said. The New York Timesreports that the firm harvested private information from the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, making it one of the largest data leaks in the social network’s history.

Cambridge Analytica later certified in 2015 that it had destroyed the information that it received, according to Facebook, although the social network said it received reports “several days ago” that not all the data was deleted.

While it investigates the matter, Facebook has also suspended the access of Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, Strategic Communication Laboratories; the academic who created the app in question, a University of Cambridge psychology professor named Aleksandr Kogan; and another individual, Christopher Wylie of Eunoia Technologies, who also allegedly received the user data from the app.

Exactly why the handling of this data warranted both suspension and Facebook’s unusual public explanation of the move wasn’t clear. The blog post, written by Facebook deputy general counsel Paul Grewal, cited the “public prominence” of Cambridge Analytica, called the alleged data retention an “unacceptable violation of trust” and said the social network will take legal action if necessary to hold all parties “responsible and accountable for any unlawful behavior.”

In a statement, a Cambridge Analytica spokesman denied any wrongdoing. He said the parent company’s SCL Elections unit hired Kogan to undertake “a large scale research project in the U.S.,” but later learned that he had obtained data in violation of Facebook policies, and subsequently deleted all data it received from Kogan’s company. For the “avoidance of doubt,” the spokesman said, none of Kogan’s data was used in Cambridge Analytica’s 2016 election work.

Kogan did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment. Wylie could not immediately be located.

The firm is backed by the family of billionaire donor Robert Mercer, a hedge fund manager who also supported the Trump campaign and other conservative candidates and causes. Trump campaign officials have downplayed Cambridge Analytica’s role, saying they briefly used the company for television advertising and paid some of its most skilled data employees.

But the company has also surfaced a few times during the probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election. For instance, Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after pleading guilty to a felony charge , disclosed an advisory role with Cambridge Analytica last August. SCL later said that position never materialized.

Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix also disclosed last November that the company reached out to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the campaign to request emails related to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Nix said Assange said no. Clinton campaign emails stolen by Russian agents are one focus of the election-interference probes. Nix has denied any involvement in Russian election meddling.

]]>213297Happy Monday: Here’s Kim Kardashian Modeling Yeezy Wet Suitshttp://newscult.com/happy-monday-heres-kim-kardashian-modeling-yeezy-wet-suits/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:30:12 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213299Why look for an actual model to wear your clothes when you’re wife is Kim Kardashian (that’s probably what Kanye West was thinking). Kanye West’s label, Yeezy, has teamed up with an Australian athletic company called 2XU, to bring you a new collab. And of course, who better to show off the styles than Kimmy? […]

]]>213299The 5 Best Animes to Watch When You’re New to Watching Animehttp://newscult.com/5-best-animes-watch-youre-new-watching-anime/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:15:23 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213256Anime is becoming more and more mainstream these days. So much so that celebrities (like Michael B. Jordan) are professing their love for anime. There was a time when anime was just seen viewed as something only nerds would watch. But finally, people have figured it out: anime is awesome and really, anyone could enjoy […]

Anime is becoming more and more mainstream these days. So much so that celebrities (like Michael B. Jordan) are professing their love for anime.

There was a time when anime was just seen viewed as something only nerds would watch. But finally, people have figured it out: anime is awesome and really, anyone could enjoy it.

Anime varies in genres, storylines, character tropes, and target audience. The thing about anime is, when it enter into its world, it can be a bit overwhelming. Some animes have storylines that go as far back as the ’80s. So, I’ve listed the 5 animes you should watch in order to create a base for you. From there you can explore what to watch next on your own.

Cowboy Bepop

Cowboy Bebop is anime about a rag tag group of bounty hunters who travel the galaxy on their ship, bebop. For someone who isn’t familiar with anime you can compare Cowboy Bepop to Guardians of the galaxy except more jazz music.

Dragon Ball Z

Dragon Ball Z is a classic that every anime fan has watched. Dragon Ball Z has action and not much plot. Really just a lot of action and super strong bad guys that Goku and the Z fighters must fight in order to defend the world. This version of Dragon Ball is the best in my option, based on the villains.

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

This anime is definitely one of the top anime out there. It’s both visually stunning for its time, as well as having an amazing plot and great characters within the series. There are two versions of Full Metal Alchemist but this is the one which I prefer. This anime truly incorporates everything that is necessary in order to make it amazing and authentic.

Berserk

Berserk is a true classic (I also recommend reading the Manga), and is the rawest, darkest, and saddest anime I’ve ever watched. Everything is a battle in Berserk; love, life, honor, power. The complexity of the characters, and the way they progress along with the story is extremely compelling and unique.

Attack on Titan

This might be the most visually stunning anime I’ve overmatched. What makes it more impressive is that there’s a lot of movement, which is impressively captured during battle scenes. This post apocalyptic anime will get you hooked quickly, and unlike other animes it doesn’t go at such a slow pace, so you don’t have to worry about annoying fillers, or battles that go of for several episodes.

]]>213256Is It Okay to Laugh at Donald Trump Jr.’s Impending Divorce?http://newscult.com/okay-laugh-donald-trump-jr-s-impending-divorce/
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:00:54 +0000http://newscult.com/?p=213249Donald Trump Jr. is a thoroughly reprehensible human being. Many people know – and despise – Don Jr. from social media, where he and Mike Flynn Jr. appear to have established their own failsons club. On Twitter, Don Jr. serves as his father’s hype man, whipping the elder Trump’s most avid and least-discerning fans into […]

Many people know – and despise – Don Jr. from social media, where he and Mike Flynn Jr. appear to have established their own failsons club. On Twitter, Don Jr. serves as his father’s hype man, whipping the elder Trump’s most avid and least-discerning fans into a frenzy on any number of topics.

Over on Instagram, Baby Don spends most of his time liking pictures of standard conservative fare: guns, Turning Point USA memes, the occasional lonely weirdo wearing a WWF-style Donald Trump t-shirt to their local Dollar General, you name it.

As a privatefigure, Don Jr. is little more than sentient telephone coated in hair gel through which prospective suckers can relay messages to the man they really want to talk to: Donald Senior. As a public figure, Don Jr. somehow has less value; all he does is retweet right-wing memes and the occasional conspiracy theory (as he did when he liked tweets claiming that the survivors of the Parkland school shooting were crisis actors).

Donald Trump Jr. is, in the parlance of our time, Extremely Online. But as many lost souls can attest, Online never gives; it only ever takes. As a result, his wife Vanessa has filed for divorce, citing – among other things – Don Jr.’s social media habits.

The reaction from many of Twitter was, if not explicitly gleeful, then at least unsympathetic.

I want to bathe in these insults. I want to drink them. They are so delicious.

Of course, this being Twitter, there inevitably came a backlash to those and similar tweets in the form of finger-wagging and pearl-clutching on the right, the general theme being We shouldn’t revel in the collapse of this man’s marriage, think of his children!

Generally speaking, the argument against schadenfreude – delighting in the misery of others – is that it’s a bad look, that it coarsens us. Instead, the argument goes, we should heed the old aphorism “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”

In many cases, I agree. In this case, I do not.

Donald Trump Jr. uses social media to willfully and intentionally inflict emotional distress on others. And the vast majority of the time, he does not face any consequences for his actions; in fact, more often than not, he’s egged on by his sycophantic followers.

On more than one occasion, Trump has posed for pictures with the corpses of dead animals: water buffalos, leopards, elephants, antelopes, you name it. While the practice of trophy hunting is technically legal, it’s certainly in poor taste. (My stance on hunting is it should only be allowed if you plan on using every part of the animal.)

Beyond that, though, Donald Trump Jr. is just a straight-up asshole. He’s the real-life amalgamation of every rich-prick villain in any movie or TV show set in a high school. He’s a thin-skinned dullard who routinely debases himself on social media in pursuit of his father’s approval, when any reasonable individual can see that that approval is not forthcoming.

In late 2016, someone published a post on Facebook detailing what Donald Trump Jr. was like in college:

Honestly, that’s pretty sad! But it doesn’t excuse Don Jr.’s using his public platform to lick his father’s boots, stoke tensions between liberals and conservatives, actively troll people and pal around with conspiracy theorists. Moreover, he was born into a life of privilege. It’s how he’s able to get away with saying shit like this about Bernie Sanders during the 2016 campaign:

Without the media, this wouldn’t even be a contest, but the media has built [Hillary] up. They’ve let her slide on every indiscrepancy [sic], on every lie, on every DNC game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of this thing.

If Republicans were doing that, they’d be warming up the gas chambers right now.

Bernie Sanders is, of course, Jewish.

What was Don Jr.’s penalty for making a Holocaust joke on national television and not-so-subtly hinting at the “white genocide” that alt-right and neo-Nazi groups continue to warn us about? Nothing at all. So please, spare me the high-road nonsense. Just because he’s never had to face any consequences for his actions doesn’t mean the world owes him a soft landing when a reckoning finally comes. Donald Trump Jr. is one of the heirs to a fortune worth billions of dollars, and he’ll be just fine.

If it were one of his father’s political opponents, Don Jr. would be on Twitter right now mocking the collapse of that person’s marriage. He is, at heart, an unrepentant scumbag, and anybody tut-tutting at the people rightly pointing that out isn’t doing it for Trump’s benefit – they’re doing it for their own.

And for those making the what about the kids argument: their father is Donald Trump Jr. Trust me, people making jokes on Twitter doesn’t even rate on the scale of shitty hands they’ve been dealt in life.